{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-227.620","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 227.620","heading":"Application for license -- Fees -- Fund -- Business location specified --","body":"Reports and records.\n(1) A retailer shall not engage in business in this state without a license issued by the\ndepartment pursuant to KRS 227.550 to 227.660.\n(2) Application for license shall be made to the department or its designee at such time,\nin such form and contain such information as the department shall require and shall\nbe accompanied by the required fee. The department may require in the application,\nor otherwise, any information it deems essential to safeguarding the public interest\nin the locality in which the applicant proposes to engage in business, all of which\nmay be considered by the department in determining the fitness of the applicant to\nengage in business as set forth in KRS 227.550 to 227.660.\n(3) All licenses shall be granted or refused within thirty (30) days after the application\nis received. The initial license for a retailer shall expire on the last day of the\nlicensee's birth month in the following  year. The department may reduce the license\nfee on a pro rata basis for initial licenses issued for less than twelve (12) months.\nRenewed licenses shall expire on the last day of the licensee's birth month of each\nyear after the date of issuance of the renewed license.\n(4) (a) The license fee for a calendar year or part thereof shall be established by the\ndepartment, subject to the following maximums:\n1. For manufacturers, a \"certificate of acceptability\" shall be subject to a\nmaximum of five hundred dollars ($500);\n2. For retailers, the maximum license fee shall be two hundred fifty dollars\n($250) for each established place of business;\n3. The fee for a \"Class B Seal\" for recreational vehicles shall be twenty -\nfive dollars ($25) per seal and the application  form and seal shall be\nmade available from the department; and\n4. The fee for a \"Class B1 Seal\" and \"Class B2 Seal\" for manufactured and\nmobile homes shall be established by the department subject to a\nmaximum of twenty-five dollars ($25) per seal.\n(b) The department may establish a monitoring inspection fee in an amount\nestablished by the secretary. This monitoring inspection fee shall be an\namount paid by each manufactured home manufacturer in this state for each\nmanufactured home produced by the manufac turer in this state. The\nmonitoring inspection fee shall be paid by the manufacturer to the secretary or\nthe secretary's agent, who shall distribute the fees collected from all\nmanufactured home manufacturers among the states approved and\nconditionally app roved by the secretary based on the number of new\nmanufactured homes whose first location after leaving the manufacturing\nplant is on the premises of a distributor, retailer, or purchaser in that state, and\nthe extent of participation of the state in the j oint team monitoring program\nestablished under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and\nSafety Standards Act of 1974, as amended.\n(5) All revenues raised under subsection (4)(a), (b), and (c) of this section, and funds\npaid to the state by the se cretary under subsection (4)(d) of this section shall be\ndeposited in a trust and agency fund and shall be used solely for the purpose of\ncarrying out KRS 227.550 to 227.660 and other departmental responsibilities. No\namount of the trust and agency fund shall lapse at the end of any fiscal year.\n(6) The licenses of retailers shall specify the location of the established place of\nbusiness and shall be conspicuously displayed there. If the location denoted on the\nlicense changes, the retailer shall notify the  department of the change, and the\ndepartment shall update the change of location on the license without charge if it be\nwithin the same municipality. A change of location to another municipality or to a\ncounty which is not adjacent to the county where the  business is located shall\nrequire a new license.\n(7) Every retailer licensed in accordance with this section shall make reports to the\ndepartment at times specified by the department and containing any information the\ndepartment may require.\n(8) Each manufacturer, distributor of manufactured homes or mobile homes, and\nretailer of manufactured or mobile homes shall establish and maintain records,\nmake reports, and provide any information the department or the secretary may\nreasonably require to det ermine whether the manufacturer, distributor, or retailer\nhas acted or is acting in compliance with KRS 227.550 to 227.660 or the federal act.\nA manufacturer, distributor of manufactured homes or mobile homes, and retailer of\nmanufactured or mobile homes s hall, upon request of a person duly designated by\nthe department or secretary, permit that person to inspect appropriate books, papers,\nrecords, and documents relevant to determining whether the manufacturer,\ndistributor, or retailer has acted or is acting  in compliance with KRS 227.550 to\n227.660 or the federal act.","path":["KRS Chapter 227"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=46973","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:44Z","sha256":"425e480fc042c0e3ca5705daf40059426a741ad20889a9413694f548f79740e8","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-227.610","next":"us-ky/krs-227.625"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}